OPTIMISING BUS SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS

A SEMINAR ON "THEORETICAL MODELS FOR FIXED SCHEDULED AND ACTUATED BUS ROUTING IN URBAN AREAS" TOOK PLACE AT LINKOEPING UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, MAY 1973. THESE PROCEEDINGS CONTAIN MOST OF THE PAPERS PRESENTED. THE FOLLOWING PAPERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PUBLICATION (1) ANDERSON,AE, INTERGRATED TRANSPORTATION AND LOCATION THEORY AND POLICY. (2) ANDREASON,S, EVALUATING BUS COMFORT BY PREFERENCE. (3) BJELKAAKER,S & SCHEELE,S, OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR BUS SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS-A LITERATURE REVEIW. (4) BLY,PH, OPTIMIZATION OF A FIXED ROUTE BUS NETWORK. (5) HANSEN,S, A SURVEY OF TRAFFIC MODELS WITH EMPHASIS ON BEHAVIOURAL ASSUMPTIONS. (6) HANSEN,S, THE TRANSLOOK MODEL AND THE PROBLEMS OF IDENTIFICATION. (7) HANER,E, SOME TRADE OFF RELATIONSHIPS IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. (8) HOLM,J, A MODEL FOR ALLOCATION OF BUSES IN A ROUTE NETWORK. (9) HOLMBERG,B, A MODEL FOR DESCRIBING TRAVEL TIME, COMF6RT AND CONVENIENCE IN A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. (10) LILIENBERG,S, A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT ANALYSIS. (11) MARTIN-LOEF,A, A BRANCH-AND-BOUND ALGORITHM FOR DETERMINING THE MINIMAL FLEET SIZE OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

• Corporate Authors:

  Linkoeping University, Sweden

  Department of Mathematics
  S-58183 Linkoeping,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Erlander, S
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 296 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Buses; Comfort; Conferences; Information processing; Itinerary; Mathematical models; Networks; Optimization; Passenger comfort; Public transit; Reviews; Routes; Transportation; Transportation policy; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Optimum
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 9138: Comfort; 8525: Conference; 699: Itinerary; 6473: Mathematical model; 1154: Network (transport); 744: Public transport; 8109: Sweden; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083260
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1981 12:00AM